Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri painted only
this single work of art with a Christian motif, as far as my
researches show. The artist, who was initiated at Napperby, but
also baptized in the Lutheran religion in Ntaria (Hermannsburg),
revitalized his Christian faith prior to a risky eye operation
in 1994; the other eye had been blind since his youth. In his
work “Good Friday,” which he painted during Easter in the same
year, he included the Christian iconography of the three
crosses. A crown of thorns is shown at the lower left, between
two of the crosses. Three oversized nails complete the Christian
symbolism. The three footprints, which lead to the cross of
Jesus, are often found in the works of Clifford Possum
Tjapaltjarri.
The artist painted the background of dotted irregular fields in
his characteristic style, which had already emerged in his
earliest works of the 1970s. The background reminds one of
clouds and shadows. In fact, however, the diagonal white and
particularly orange-dotted areas represent the Milky Way. The
lightning depicts the wrath of God over the death of His son. (Aboriginal Art)
Acknowledging the perfect joy of suffering in Christ, but having a little fun along the way.
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